Thursday, 10 October 2013

Steamed Fish with sticky sauce and crunchy garnishes

This is a 'test the limits' recipe. It's about discovering the cool things you can do with your thermomix, like making crunchy garlic garnishes as well as steaming your fish and your rice all at once.

There are a lot of sections to this recipe, but they are all simple and you can just cut down the time by preparing the garnishes on the stove top while the steaming is happening. Just be aware - you need to soak your sticky rice for 6 hours before cooking. (just factor that one in :)

Pour
back 20g of the reserved oil and sauté for 3 minutes varoma temp speed 1

Tip
into a small jug or bowl and wash out the TM bowl

The
remaining oil is a beautiful seasoned basil and garlic oil for stir fries.

NOTE: If you don't mind using the stove top and want to
save time - you can prepare the garnishes in a pan while the fish and rice are
steaming. Simply fine slice the garlic, chiffonade the chilli and grate the
ginger.

Heat
1 tablespoon of oil in a wok over high heat. Add garlic and cook until golden
(don't burn it or it will be bitter). Transfer to paper towel. Add 2 more
tablespoons of oil and fry the basil until crispy and reserve on baking paper.
Tip out all but 1 tablespoon of oil and add the ginger and chilli and stir fry
for 1 minute. Then add the sugar, lime juice, tamarind and fish sauce (you may
need extra tamarind, lime juice and fish sauce if cooking in a pan) and cook
until syrupy. Transfer to a jug.

Fish and Sticky Rice

Season
the Fish with a little of the reserved oil, salt and pepper and a little of the
sticky sauce, sprinkle with half the toasted sesame seeds and wrap in the
banana leaves.

Rinse
out the rice, and put in the bottom tier of the Varoma, shaping into a donut to
allow the steam to pass through well.

Put
1000g of water into TM bowl, set to 28 minutes, varoma speed 2

Place
fish in the top layer of the Varoma, and place all levels on top of the TM.

Stir
the rice 1-2 times in the cooking time.

To
serve – place cooked fish on banana leaves, pour a small amount of sauce on top
and sprinkle with the crunchy garlic, basil leaves, remaining sesame seeds,
shallots and fresh coriander.

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Welcome to the blog of Mummy (Liz) and Me (Sophia and siblings) showing how many things I can cook with a Thermomix. Mum is learning how much fun kids can have in the kitchen and I am enjoying making extra yummy and creative food. I am glad mum is helping me in the kitchen.